*That’s not my terminal output btw, so don’t strain your eyes trying to read it, lol. It is the fancontrol tool that I used though.
After installing Pop OS, my fans have been running super high, and I had no idea why that changed. My fan curves in my BIOS haven’t changed (I even lowered it to “silent” mode), and my temps are low. After a long time messing around with the fancontrol tool, I somehow made it worse, so I uninstalled fancontrol and am just dealing with it. I think it must have been my Corsair software on windows that was keeping my fans running at reasonable speeds before, and without it, it reverts back to my BIOS controls. Oh well, it’s not that big of a deal, but it did inspire me to make a meme out of it.
Have you heard of an app/daemon called coolercontrol? It’s the only thing that’s ever worked on my computer. Note that some mobos/distros need you to enable a driver to use it. I have a post about it which I’ll put here if I can find it
Edit here you go
Saving this, thank you.
It’s a bit of a cheat, but look into Noctua Fans like this.
They are pricier, but VERY quiet while also moving lots of air. My System76 desktop came pre-built with just those.
I’ve heard that these are nice. Noctua fans will have to go in my next build.
The fans in my computer are perpetually in MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. I assume it’s some kind of hardware issue that’s beyond my skill. Literally nothing I’ve tried has worked, so I just live with it. I just wish it didn’t always sound like it’s ready to takeoff.
Just remove all of the fan blades
That’s just brilliant enough to work
Thanks for the meme! This is why I always use BIOS fan control. I already did way before I started using Linux on the desktop.
Those Corsair/Gigabyte/ASUS/etc programs are heavy, probably full of security holes, can come at the cost of gaming performance and soft-lock you into a vendor: you’ll have to set up or tune again if you buy a different brand.
BIOS fan control all the way!
I’m overdue for a new build anyway, and I will not be going for Corsair again. It’s exciting to get to pick out all components that play well with Linux out of the box.
Any beginner’s guides for this? I hadn’t thought about it until now but my fans do seem louder since I switched from Windows!
It depends on your BIOS, but most motherboards have some way to manage your fans.
For example, mine looks similar to this screenshot. You just set the curves how you want based on temp:
Watch out for sharks!
Omg, this is so real
Knowing how you made it worse and why is just as valuable as fixing it (unless you are at work, then you should just fix it right the first time.) True mastery is when you can break and unbreak what you want at will.
This is all just for fun, so I did consider it a good learning experience. I decided to just revert back to BIOS controls, but now I know how I would control my fans in the future if I ever wanted to.
Hell yeah, BIOS controls for day to day business and fancontrol settings for when you’re trying to impress a date.
remembers back to when i got the cooling pad just so i could farm elemental motes in nagrand on my old dell inspiron back in 2008
